Display-cabinet.



No. 835.611. PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

D. F. IGREENAWALT.

DISPLAY CABINET.

A'PPLIoATIoN FILED APB.18.1906.

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DAVID F. GREENAWALT, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed April 18, 1906. Serial No. 312,447.

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Be it known that I, DAvID F. GREENAWALT, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Display-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display-cabinets, and has for its principal object to provide a novel form of cabinet for holding spool-silk, ribbon, and the like with a view of facilitating matching or grading and a comparison of different shades or tints of the goods.

A further obj ect of the invention is to construct a cabinet in which the drawers or racks are arranged in vertical position and which may be drawn out and turned to a position in front of the cabinet-casing, so that the whole of the contents of the drawer or rack will be exposed to view and in a position most favorable for examination.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of this type in which the racks or drawers may be adjusted to position in front of the cabinet without taking up any more room than the width of the cabinet itself.

Vith these and other` objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a display-cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the upper portion of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the racks, illustrating the employment of a guard for holding the goods in place.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several iigures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention a suitable casing 10 is formed of wood, metal, or other material, and while the casing may be of any width it is preferably of a Width approximately equal to its depth. The casing is arranged for the reception of vertically-disposed drawers or racks 11, each having a suitable pull-knob 12 at its front end, and the rear end portions of each rack are provided at top and bottom with small rearwardly-extending brackets 15, each-of which carries a lug or antifriction-roller 16, said rollers fitting in grooves 17, that are formed in the inner faces of the top and bottom of the casing and serve as guides for the drawers as the latter are moved into or withdrawn from the casing. The grooves 17, which extend from front to rear of the casing, are connected at their outer ends to grooves 19, that extend across the front of the casing and form guideways to permit the movement of the drawers transversely across the front of the casing.

The construction is such that any one of the drawers, no matter what its position in the cabinet may be, may be drawn out until its rollers 16 are in the guideways 19, after which the drawer may be turned with its rollers as pivots, and moved along until the rollers are at one end of the guideway, and the drawer may then be turned around until it lies flat against the front ofthe casing and may be locked in this position by a catch 20,

which is hooked over the pull-knob 12.

The drawers are provided with means for supporting the goods, and in the case of spools of silk the spools are preferably placed on end on suitable shelves 21, any suitable retaining devices, such as pins or the like, being employed, if desired, or the shelves may be placed so closely together that the spools will be held by frictional engagement with the bottom of one shelf and the upper surface of the next lower shelf.

Where ribbons are to be displayed the rolls of ribbon are laid lengthwise on the shelves and may be held from accidental displacement by a simple guard-wire 22.

By making the drawers of approximately the same depth as the width of the casing any one drawer may be drawn out and turned to display position in front of the casing without occupying any more space than the width of the case itself, so that a number of cases may be placed side by side and one drawer of each exposed. In this position the spool-silk or ribbons are exposed in a position most favorable for examination and comparison of shades or tints, so that goods may be readily matched.

I claim- 1. In a display-cabinet, a casing, a plurality of vertically-arranged drawers therein IOO IIO

and each movable bodily outward to a position beyond the fronts of the drawers in Closed position, and drawer-guiding means extending transversely of and at the Jfront of the easing to permit lateral adjustment of the individual drawers to display position.

2. In a display-cabinet, a easing7 a plurality of vertically-arranged drawers therein, the easing being provided with upper and lower guiding-grooves for said drawers extending from front to rear of said easing, and being further provided with transverselydisposed grooves for said drawers at the iront of the easing to permit adjustment of the individual drawers to display position.

3. The combination with a easing, of a plu rality of vertically-disposed drawers, the oasing having upper and lower grooves extending Jfrom frontto rear and being further provided with transverse grooves at the front, the transverse grooves Connecting with all of the iront and rear grooves, and projections carried by the upper and lower portions of the rear ends of the drawers and itting with in said grooves.

4. The combination with a easing having upper and lower transverse grooves at the iront and provided with additional grooves extending from front to rear, a plurality of drawers, brackets extending from the upper and lower portions of the rear ends of said drawers, antirietion-rollers mounted on the brackets and fitting in said grooves, and means forlooking the drawers in display po- .sition at the front of the easing.

In testimony that l Claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID F. GREENAWALT.

Witnesses-1 GEO. E. NEFF, CHARLES A. MAY. 

